What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The "Can You Hear Me Now" Guy

Paul Marcelli was the face of Verizon for over a decade. He was recently traded to Sprint because of a more lucrative contract situation, but he is still beloved by many Verizon die-hards. Can you imagine getting rich by saying "Can you hear me now?"

Oh, He's Loaded

The "Can you hear me now?" campaign netted Marcelli $9 million in total. That's from 2001-2011. We don't know exactly how much he's making from Sprint, but we can only imagine it's a pretty penny.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.